Guitar chords · Suspended 4th
D♭sus4 chord on guitar (Dbsus4)
D♭sus4 (D♭ A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 4th) has three notes: D♭, G♭ and A♭, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 4 and 5.
Shapes
How to play D♭sus4
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
D♭sus4 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 4 or the E shape at fret 9. A A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major. keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
A shape · fret 4
E shape · fret 9
Notes and formula
What makes D♭sus4 suspended 4th
A sus4 chord replaces the 3rd with the 4th. The 4th wants to fall back to the 3rd, so a sus4 chord usually resolves to the major chord on the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7..
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 4th makes D♭sus4 a A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 4th chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- D♭Rroot
- G♭4essential
- A♭5optional
- D♭, the root
- Other chord tones
D♭sus4 usually resolves to D♭, as the 4th falls to the 3rd.
D♭sus4 and C♯sus4 are the same chord with two names: same The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step., same sound. Which one you see depends on the key the song is written in.
Keys
Keys with D♭sus4
D♭sus4 belongs to ten keys: A major (IIIsus4, spelled C♯sus4), E major (VIsus4, spelled C♯sus4), C♭ major (IIsus4), G♭ major (Vsus4), D♭ major (Isus4), F♯ minor (Vsus4, spelled C♯sus4), C♯ minor (Isus4, spelled C♯sus4), A♭ minor (IVsus4), E♭ minor (VIIsus4) and B♭ minor (IIIsus4).
- IIIsus4A majorSpelled C♯sus4 in this key
- VIsus4E majorSpelled C♯sus4 in this key
- IIsus4C♭ major
- Vsus4G♭ major
- Isus4D♭ major
- Vsus4F♯ minorSpelled C♯sus4 in this key
- Isus4C♯ minorSpelled C♯sus4 in this key
- IVsus4A♭ minor
- VIIsus4E♭ minor
- IIIsus4B♭ minor
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Slash chords
D♭sus4 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps D♭sus4 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- D♭sus4/A♭
D♭sus4 with its 5th, A♭, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on C♯ / D♭
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- D♭ major
- C♯m minor
- D♭7 dominant 7th
- D♭maj7 major 7th
- C♯m7 minor 7th
- D♭sus2 suspended 2nd
- D♭6 major 6th
- C♯m6 minor 6th
- D♭add9 add 9
- D♭9 dominant 9th
- D♭maj9 major 9th
- C♯m9 minor 9th
- D♭13 dominant 13th
- D♭maj13 major 13th
- C♯m11 minor 11th
- C♯° diminished
- C♯m7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- C♯°7 diminished 7th
- D♭+ augmented
- D♭5 power chord
- D♭7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- C♯m(maj7) minor major 7th
- D♭6/9 six-nine
- C♯m(add9) minor add 9
- D♭7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
D♭sus4, in short
- What notes are in the D♭sus4 chord?
- D♭sus4 (D♭ A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 4th) has three notes: D♭, G♭ and A♭, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 4 and 5.
- How do you play D♭sus4 on guitar?
- D♭sus4 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 4 or the E shape at fret 9.
- What key is D♭sus4 in?
- D♭sus4 belongs to ten keys: A major (IIIsus4, spelled C♯sus4), E major (VIsus4, spelled C♯sus4), C♭ major (IIsus4), G♭ major (Vsus4), D♭ major (Isus4), F♯ minor (Vsus4, spelled C♯sus4), C♯ minor (Isus4, spelled C♯sus4), A♭ minor (IVsus4), E♭ minor (VIIsus4) and B♭ minor (IIIsus4).
- Is D♭sus4 the same as C♯sus4?
- Yes: same frets, same sound, different name. D♭sus4 is the spelling in C♭ major, G♭ major, D♭ major, A♭ minor, E♭ minor and B♭ minor; C♯sus4 in A major, E major, B major, F♯ major, C♯ major, F♯ minor, C♯ minor, G♯ minor, D♯ minor and A♯ minor.